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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1920
Page
7
New Haven Delaware on Sunday saw large attendance as revival meetings concluded. Mrs Della Neal and her brother A C Myers dined with A S Strum and family. Mr and Mrs A R Strum were in Washington Monday for business. J and Mrs Marion Wells with Mr and Mrs Curtis Snyder visited Washington Friday. Mrs Wells hosted the White Way club on Thursday.
Route number four gossip and visits detail Bennie and Elwyn Gardner Florence and Leila Simmering at Kephart and Simmering homes. Families like Reed Nicholson and Kephart exchange Sunday calls while Measles illness affects Len Dodd’s daughter and Frank Kephart sells hogs to Joe Link.
Two car loads of hogs were shipped from Havre Tuesday with Ode Ferguson aboard the shipment to Chicago. Clyde Maxwell was a passenger for Omaha on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Keller of Marshalltown returned home after a two week visit. Clyde Maxwell received a car load of cattle from Omaha Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bhilling entertained relatives Sunday for their son Palmend’s wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gardner and children visited the Walter Gardner home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Maxwell of Washington visited the Will Stafford home Monday.
The Wellman community recalls a busy week with visits from Grant Miller and local gatherings at Mrs. Covas home. Families travel to Kinross and Iowa City while a Y M C A secretary returns from Berlin Russia. a tree knocked out power but service quickly restored. plans emerge for a new electrical store in Wells building. Santa brings joy amid hard times and Christmas dinner continues.
Washington reports a strong return of German toy shipments after World War I. Germany sent $7,718,854 in 1914 and now imports reach $3,800,484, showing a fifty percent market gain within two years postwar.
J C Arts assistant cashier at the American Savings Bank vanished after accounts showed a 15 000 shortage, later confessed to 10 500. He withdrew 4 500 from a neighboring bank and fled with funds. His mother a major stockholder helped cover losses and authorities doubt prosecution. City treasurer position and 20 000 city funds remain intact.
The Wellman Farm Bureau gathered at the Majestic Theatre as farmers faced high seed and rent costs this year. Local visits include Cassel from Madrid and trips to Cheyenne and Cedar Rapids. a Xmas tree by girl scouts and road conditions on Wellman and Washington roads highlighted a busy community week with deaths, births, and hospital stays.
A narrator in Loz Onglaze park counts earthquakes when an improvident stranger asks for two bits for a drink. The exchange shifts to a farcical shoe-store and drug-store mishearing with a musket kick of alcohol. The incident ends with a glance at the man’s dark chin.
A Boston publication raises concerns about political identity and party affiliation highlighting the dilemmas of choosing between Republican and Democrat labels, framing the issue as a cautionary consideration for voters.
Des Moines reports a plan for a special session after the regular session to act on code revision. Early bill introduction limits are set for February 10, pending committee work and speakership arrangements. Arch McFarlane is favored for speaker. A C Gustafson likely chief clerk. Thomas Waters Jr and others considered for secretary roles amid busy early year schedules.
Grinnell night officer Fred Trexler halted three men trying to board an M and St L train in Grinnell. He fired into the air with his pistol after they ignored his calls, scattering them up the track.
In Buffalo on December 21 a remarkable farm record was achieved by five cows producing milk and butter beyond any previous yearly test. The standout output surpassed the prior bounds by 100000 pounds of milk and over 5000 pounds of butter, signaling a new industry benchmark.
The article outlines goals for 1921 including promoting total abstinence, moral and physical development of children, youth programs via Loyal Temperance Legion and Prohibition National Guards, aiding teachers with scientific facts on alcohol and narcotics, engaging foreign language communities with the Eighteenth Amendment, improving home life through English language teaching, and expanding women in industry work in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor. It emphasizes social morality and health as core aims.
After the Nineteenth Amendment the Women’s Christian Temperance Union emphasizes broad voter education. Citizenship classes led by WCTU women, plus literature and study courses, will provide essential knowledge of privileges and duties of citizenship.
Washington dispatch reports Hawaii enjoyed a very prosperous year driven by high sugar prices. Deposits at Savings banks rose 50 percent to 15 807 778 dollars. Federal tax receipts reached 11 927 645 dollars, the largest in territory history. Exports and imports surpassed previous records by nearly 30 million dollars. The Hawaiian rehabilitation bill before the U S Senate could boost territorial revenues. Governor McCarthy commends the Hawaiian people and urges swift U S aid to prevent extinction.
The article notes the greatest Christmas need at the Children's Hospital of the University of Iowa is for clothing followed by sturdy toys like kiddie cars rocking horses dolls and trains and then money to fund clothing year round and entertainment.
Hospital authorities request Christmas offerings for the Perkins children at the hospital be addressed to the Perkins Christmas Committee City. Candy is discouraged for the ill children while fruit and coal may be acceptable though not ideal.
A stark description shows Vienna children two years old wasted by rickets from near starvation. Eight American relief groups unite as the European Relief Council to urge American conscience to fund winter relief with agencies including ARA Red Cross Quakers Joint Distribution Committee and YMCA and YWCA.
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